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    H.F. GARDNER (ACTIVE 1788)

    Sketch of Windsor Forest, 1788 (Windsor, Berkshire, UK) 51°28'12"N 00°41'06"W

    c.1788

    Pen, ink, pencil and watercolour; drawn on two sheets of paper, joined | Scale: not stated | RCIN 734106.2.b

    A sketch of the manoeuvres proposed to be performed at a review of the 16th Light Dragoons in front of George III on 26 May 1788. Oriented with north-north-west to top (cardinal points).

    Formerly kept in a buff rag paper folder on which is inscribed (recto, bottom) the old heading and, in black pencil in a modern hand: (a-d) CMB Jan 87.

    Condition: no fold lines; brown discolouration. Verso: ink smudges heavy surface dirt along top edge, the dirt pattern consistent with the item having been rolled and tied.

    • H.F. Gardner (active 1788) (draughtsman) [top right, below title:] H.F. Gardner

      Subject(s)

      Army-GB-Cavalry-16th (or The Queen's) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (1767-1809)

    • Watermark: JWHATMAN

      Mark, stamped: 1058

      Condition: no fold lines; brown discolouration. Verso: ink smudges heavy surface dirt along top edge, the dirt pattern consistent with the item having been rolled and tied

    • Scale: not stated

      55.7 x 31.4 cm (image and sheet)

    • Manuscript title:

      Sketch of the Movements intended / to be performed before His Majesty at a / Review of the 16..th or Queens Regiment of / Light Dragoons in Windsor Forest / May 26th 1788. [top right]

      Annotations:

      George III heading: Windsor 26 May 1788.

      Other annotations: none.

      George III catalogue entry:

      Windsor Two drawn Sketches of the Movements intended to be performed before His Majesty at a Review of the 16.th or Queen’s Regiment of Light Dragoons in Windsor Forest, 26.th May 1788: by H.F. Gardner; with MS Explanations.

    • Subject(s)

      Windsor, Berkshire, UK (51°28'12"N 00°41'06"W)

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